Ubuntu announces its next LTS release…

Ubuntu's next LTS release will be in April 2008. Get ready for "Hardy Heron."

Every so often, the planets align, and the Ubuntu community releases a "LTS," or Long Term Support, release. The last LTS release occured in June 2006, when the "Dapper Drake" release of Ubuntu was the first Ubuntu distribution to support desktop installs for three years, and server installs for five years. Each LTS release of Ubuntu aims to bring an ultra-stable platform to the table, one that's supportable over the long term.

Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu's "Self Appointed Benevolent Dictator for Life" (sabdfl), had previously announced at the Ubuntu Live conference that the next release of LTS would be the 8.04 release, due out in April 2008. Ubuntu is known for having humorouscodenames for their releases, and Ubuntu fans anxiously awaited the announcement of the next codename, with quite a few people betting on "Hungry Hippo". Jono Bacon spilled the beans this morning. The next Ubuntu LTS release will be codenamed Hardy Heron. I can hear the parody engines revving now...